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0 pointsmichrassena9y ago0 comments

Let's not forget that when your system crashes, all of these easy-to-read text files are actually stored in a binary format, sometimes scattered in pieces, and require special tools to extract.

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qwertyuiop9249y ago

True, but they're less fragile: even if the text is garbled, you might be able to get some information out of it.

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0 pointsmichrassena9y ago0 comments

Let's not forget that when your system crashes, all of these easy-to-read text files are actually stored in a binary format, sometimes scattered in pieces, and require special tools to extract.

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qwertyuiop9249y ago

True, but they're less fragile: even if the text is garbled, you might be able to get some information out of it.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse